Completing Christ's Afflictions

Christ, Paul, and the Reconciliation of All Things
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-16-153334-1
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Band 383, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 242 mm x 154 mm, Gewicht: 337 g

Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe

What is the relationship between the preeminent, cosmos-reconciling 'Christ' of Col 1:15-20 and the imprisoned 'Paul' of 1:24-29, who enigmatically 'completes' the former's afflictions as he declares to 'every person' the mystery, long concealed but only now revealed by Israel's God to his holy ones? After finding solid exegetical ground through an unprecedented and exhaustive study of the rare verb antanapleroo (in 1.24), Bruce Clark tackles this most intriguing, if challenging question. He argues that Col 1, in accord with 2 Cor 5:18-6:4, presents Paul as the utterly unique diakonos ('minister') of the universal ekklesia and, therefore, as one whose afflictions uniquely complete Christ's own, so that together, revealing the righteousness of God, they initiate the divine reconciliation of 'all things.'

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clark, Bruce T.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Clark, Bruce T.
Born 1977; 2013 PhD at the University of Cambridge (UK); ministerial position in Durham, NC (USA).

Bruce T. Clark
Born 1977; 2013 PhD at the University of Cambridge (UK); ministerial position in Durham, NC (USA).